“It’s Disgraceful Going through All this for Being an Arab and Disabled”: Intersectional and Ecological Barriers for Arabs with Disabilities in Israel
The current study examines the perspectives of Arabs with disabilities living in Israel coping with various barriers as ethnic and political minority group members who also have disabilities. Our qualitative study utilized a grounded theory approach. Thematic analysis of in-depth interviews was cond...
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| description | The current study examines the perspectives of Arabs with disabilities living in Israel coping with various barriers as ethnic and political minority group members who also have disabilities. Our qualitative study utilized a grounded theory approach. Thematic analysis of in-depth interviews was conducted among 15 Arabs with physical, visual impairment, and mental disabilities. Three major themes were derived from the participants’ responses: microsystem, exosystem, and macrosystem, with each in turn having several sub-themes. A unique model was developed to integrate intersectional and ecological theories. Applying this integrative model, a reverse ratio was found between the two identity statuses of minority and disability. Moving toward the outer levels of an ecological model (macrosystem), the influence of ‘minority identity’ strengthened, and that of ‘disability identity’ weakened. The findings conclude that greater political commitment is required by Israel to develop laws and policies that can reduce social opportunity disparities for individuals with minority and disability identity statuses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4657f098759e4c20a086486f2e8db4da2023-08-09T14:10:13ZengStockholm University PressScandinavian Journal of Disability Research1745-30112023-07-01251212–228212–22810.16993/sjdr.1002705“It’s Disgraceful Going through All this for Being an Arab and Disabled”: Intersectional and Ecological Barriers for Arabs with Disabilities in IsraelLeena Badran0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6585-6008Hira Amin1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0751-156XAyelet Gur2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9005-4736Michael Ashley Stein3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9564-7461School of Social Welfare and Berkeley Law school, University of California BerkeleyCollege of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa UniversitySocial Work Department, Tel-Hai CollegeHarvard Law School, Harvard University, US; University of PretoriaThe current study examines the perspectives of Arabs with disabilities living in Israel coping with various barriers as ethnic and political minority group members who also have disabilities. Our qualitative study utilized a grounded theory approach. Thematic analysis of in-depth interviews was conducted among 15 Arabs with physical, visual impairment, and mental disabilities. Three major themes were derived from the participants’ responses: microsystem, exosystem, and macrosystem, with each in turn having several sub-themes. A unique model was developed to integrate intersectional and ecological theories. Applying this integrative model, a reverse ratio was found between the two identity statuses of minority and disability. Moving toward the outer levels of an ecological model (macrosystem), the influence of ‘minority identity’ strengthened, and that of ‘disability identity’ weakened. The findings conclude that greater political commitment is required by Israel to develop laws and policies that can reduce social opportunity disparities for individuals with minority and disability identity statuses.https://account.sjdr.se/index.php/su-j-sjdr/article/view/1002arabs in israelecological theoryintersectional theorymarginalizationpersons with disabilitiesbarrierscovid-19 |
| spellingShingle | Leena Badran Hira Amin Ayelet Gur Michael Ashley Stein “It’s Disgraceful Going through All this for Being an Arab and Disabled”: Intersectional and Ecological Barriers for Arabs with Disabilities in Israel Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research arabs in israel ecological theory intersectional theory marginalization persons with disabilities barriers covid-19 |
| title | “It’s Disgraceful Going through All this for Being an Arab and Disabled”: Intersectional and Ecological Barriers for Arabs with Disabilities in Israel |
| title_full | “It’s Disgraceful Going through All this for Being an Arab and Disabled”: Intersectional and Ecological Barriers for Arabs with Disabilities in Israel |
| title_fullStr | “It’s Disgraceful Going through All this for Being an Arab and Disabled”: Intersectional and Ecological Barriers for Arabs with Disabilities in Israel |
| title_full_unstemmed | “It’s Disgraceful Going through All this for Being an Arab and Disabled”: Intersectional and Ecological Barriers for Arabs with Disabilities in Israel |
| title_short | “It’s Disgraceful Going through All this for Being an Arab and Disabled”: Intersectional and Ecological Barriers for Arabs with Disabilities in Israel |
| title_sort | it s disgraceful going through all this for being an arab and disabled intersectional and ecological barriers for arabs with disabilities in israel |
| topic | arabs in israel ecological theory intersectional theory marginalization persons with disabilities barriers covid-19 |
| url | https://account.sjdr.se/index.php/su-j-sjdr/article/view/1002 |
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